Photographer's Note

Continuing the series "araucaria angustifolia" or "Pinheiro do Paraná" (Paraná's Pine), I would like to show you its "pinhas" (cones).

"Pinhas" are ball shapped.
When the "pinhas" are mature, with its "pinhões" reaching its largest size, these "pinhões" begin to fall from the "pinha" that, however, stays in its own place in the extreme tip of the branches. This process will take some days, depending of winds, birds, or just its maturity. It´s time to pick up some "pinhões" on the ground or, sometimes, to tear some "pinhas" from the araucarias. It's the case of this two I´d posted here.
Hope you like it!
Regards from southern Brazil, the land of araucaria angustifolia!
Zeca

Hi Jose
again a good picture, I like this plant and I did not know about it before. The different colors on the plant and smooth streaks are nice and have been captured well, and the different lighting on the spikes portruding is also nice. The blurred grass in the background puts focus on the plant without distraction, and the black frame works better than white would with this IMO, even though usually I prefer white borders.
Good job
TFS
Rahul